Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Tuesday brushed aside suggestions that he would go to Congress with an "application for admission". He has plans to turn his organisation Lok Manch into an "umbrella" of several political and non-political groups, Singh said in an interview to PTI. He was asked whether he would go to Congress to seek admission in the wake of his expulsion from SP.
AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh had earlier suggested that if anyone wanted to seek entry into the party, he has to make an application and then the Congress high command would take a decision.
"I am not going anywhere to seek admission or give application. I am not a child seeking admission in nursery. Politics... is a game to remain relevant. If I am relevant then people will look at me. If not they will not, like Lalu Prasad Yadav. Lot depends upon my existing relevance," he said.
At the same time, Singh struck conciliatory notes towards Congress, saying though family was important there, it was different from other parties which are run by political families. He, however, hastened to add that was not cosying up to the Congress. PTI
